CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)

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A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
The compressed bulbous body is finely decorated with a scene of Western Zhou dynasty Emperor Wen Wang, accompanied by three scholars and two soldiers, offering a gift to Jiang Taigong, while another two attendants in the distance tend to Wen Wang's two-wheeled cart. The scene is set within a lush garden setting with plantains and willows, all below auspicious emblems and tulips on the neck interrupted by the central bulb encircled by lotus scroll.
13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 294.

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Lot Essay

A pair of similar vases in the British Museum, dated to the late Ming dynasty, is illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall in Catalogue of Late Yuan Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 385, nos. 12:80 and 12:81. See, also, a blue and white Chongzhen-period double-gourd vase decorated with a related scene including a two-wheeled cart and attendants, illustrated in R. Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, 1981, Hong Kong, p. 100, no. 41.

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